DCR Sessions Room for Nelson Clay Week

Nelson Clay Week’s DCR Sessions Room is hosting a series of talks over the week, as well as an interactive exhibition, the Biscuit Lounge. Go to www.clayweek.co.nz for all the details.

Sunday 4 October
10-11.30pm – Ikebana – talk by Mary Fulton. $10
5-6pm – The Business of Pottery – panel discussion. $10
7.30-8.30pm – Clay.I – talk by Laurie Steer. $10
Monday 5 October
12-1pm – Potters of Aotearoa Oral History Project. Free
2.45-3.30pm – From the Leach to Driving Creek – talk by Callum Trudgeon. Koha
4-6.30pm – Ceramics Association of New Zealand AGM
Tuesday 6 October
2.45-3.40pm – East Meets West: a Presentation on Asiana & European Ceramics – talk by Holly Rose Morgan. $10
3.45-4.35pm – Impressions of New Zealand: A Three Week Ceramic Adventure – talk by Gregory Hamilton Miller. $10
Wednesday 7 October
5-6pm – Under Pressure: How Contemporary Ceramics Makes Meaning – talk by Richard Penn. Koha
7.30-8.30pm – Glaze Panel Discussion with Ronald Boersen, Janeen Page & Locke Unhold. Koha
Thursday 8 October
5-6pm – The Dinosaur in the Room – talk by Chanakarn ‘Punch’ Semachai. Koha
7.30-8.30pm – Perspectives of Japanese Pottery – talk by Aaron Scythe, Shinsuke Iwami & Gregory Hamilton Miller. Koha
Friday 9 October
5pm-7pm – Haere Rā from Clay Week. Free

Biscuit Lounge

An interactive exhibition by Lilly Swanson and Petra White 

Step into the Biscuit Lounge, a living exhibition that invites you to become part of the creative process. Featuring a collection of bisque-fired ceramic works, this space transforms over the course of the week through community participation.

Open to everyone—whether you’re a master potter or a five-year-old who’s never touched clay—visitors are encouraged to contribute by painting the unfired surfaces with underglazes and oxides. Each mark adds colour and individuality, gradually bringing the works to life.

As the week unfolds, the exhibition will evolve into a vibrant body of work shaped by many hands. Following Nelson Clay Week, the completed pieces will be glaze-fired and exhibited, celebrating the community’s role in transforming raw forms into finished works.

Supported by Creative Communities Scheme Nelson City.

More info on Nelson Clay Week here.